Tuesday, February 16, 2010

King Djoser (2687-2668 BC) was the first pharaoh of the Third Dynasty, as many scholars believe. They also believe that the queen Nimaethap Khasekhemwy was his mother and father.

Djoser have set Bounders south of Egypt in his reign. He also sent several expeditions to the Sinai, because the locals behaved.

Zoser's reign lasted only 18 years, but it is remarkable that heralded a golden age of monumental architecture in Egypt '. Not only that, heImhotep and able to organize the massive demand for labor for the construction of the pyramid, but also the conviction that Pharaoh had initiated an eternal existence.

During the reign of Djoser of the Third Dynasty (see also assumed that the cheat sheet for a time-line), Egypt witnessed seven years of famine due to annual floods extremely low. The pharaoh was responsible for the situation because he was a mediator between humans and gods, and hunger, asPunishment of the Pharaoh for not doing his job.

Sehel island in the south of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204-181 BC) was a stele recording the famine and actions Djoser. Imhotep, builder of the Pyramid, to trace the source of the Nile island of Elephantine and the caves of Khnum.

He assured that the cult of Khnum renewed Djoser would start again full. Khnum appeared to Djoser in a dream. Djoser woke up and was delighted at the news. Hebe granted a decree to raise taxes in the Temple of Khnum.

Step Pyramid. At Saqqara, where you are traveling by train, you can also get there by taxi or bus.